Lapel



Aug. 4, 1925.

J.STERN LAPEL Filed March 30, 1925 Patented Aug. 4, 1925.

UNITED STATES JAKE STERN, F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

LAPEL.

Application filed March 30, 1925.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAKE STERN, a citizen of the United States, residingat Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Lapels, of which the following isa. specification.

This invention is a lapel for coats, the primary object being to providea lapel of any preferred material which is interchangeable for use uponseveral coats.

A further object is to provide a lapel of the above character which maybe easily attached to an ordinary coat and present precisely theappearance of a coat wherein the silk lapels are, permanently fixed.

It is likewise an object to provide a simply constructedinter-changeable lapel carrying complete fastening devices whereby itmay be attached to any ordinary coat.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed outhereinafter.

In order that the invention and its mode of operation may be readilyunderstood by persons skilled in the art, I have in the accompanyingillustrative drawings and in the following detailed description basedthereon set out the preferred embodiment and certain modificationsthereof.

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the application of myimproved lapel;

Figure 2 is a detail perspective view of the lapel;

Figure 3 is a plan view of the material cut and ready for folding;

Figure 4 is a cross sectional view showing the double thickness ofmaterial used;

Figure 5 is a plan view of a modification showing a lapel formed from asingle thickness of material;

Figures 6 and 7 show different types of coat lapels to which myinter-changeable lapel is attachable.

Similar characters of reference designate similar parts throughout.

I am aware of the grant of a Patent #1,059,542 dated April 22, 1918,upon an inter-changeable lapel for coats but in this patent the coatitself carries portions of the fastening devices, this being veryobjection able due to the fact that pressing of the coat will result inundesirable disfiguration of the outer surface as is well understood.Furthermore in this patent the envelope does not cover the inner face ofthe coat and consequently resents an unfinished appearance.

Serial No. 19,361.

Applicant overcomes these objections through the construction embodiedin this application and provides a lapel which may be easily attached toany coat and give the coat the appearance of an ordinary tuxedo ordinner coat.

In the preferred form shown in Figures 2 and 3 I take a relatively wideelongated strip of silk or the like material and from one end I cut outa substantially V-shaped port-ion thereby forming a deep notch 10, theextreme ends 11 being curved in opposite directions and merged into theouter edges 12 as shown. This cutting results in the formation of twowing like portions 13 and 14. One wing 13 is materially longer than theother wing 14 and has at one end an elongated narrow flap 15 which maybe folded on the line 16 to the position shown in dotted lines in Figure3. By reference to Figure 2 it will be seen that the flap portion 15 hasits end connected to the adjacent end 17 of the flap 14 by means of atape 18. The connection just outlined is effected after the two flaps 13and 14 have been folded together on the longitudinal center line 19indicated by a dot and dash linein Figure 3. The curved inner edge 20 ofthe flap 15 as shown in Figures 2 and 3 coacts with a similarly curvededge 21 of a flap 22 to form an opening 23 through which an ordinarycoat lapel may be slipped into the pocket 24. A further advantagederived through mak ing this wide opening 23 is, that as shown in Figure2, the line of fold AA will be through a single thickness of material toa great extent, thereby eifecting a neat appearance.

Further attachment of the lapel to a coat is effected through securingto the inner edge 25 a set of small safety pins 26 as shown in Figure 2,these pins being arranged to secure this edge to the inner face of thecoat and the front edge of the lining. At spaced points between thelower end of the lapel and the lower end of the flap 22 I arrangestraight pins 27 which may be readily forced into the material making upthe coat, in the manner shown in Figure 1. Another straight pin orfastener 27 is arranged at the upper end of the lapel as shown in Figure2.

A lapel provided with fasteners as above set out may be readily attachedto any ordinary coat without the necessity of providing the coat itselfwith fastening devices. As

indicated in Figure 1 a button loop 28 is carried by the removable lapeland since there is obviously a certain degree of pull or strain uponthis button loop I arrange transverse therefrom a substantially U-shaped fastener 29 which carries spurs engageable With the inner face ofa coat.

In the formation of a lapel as shown in Figure 2, the blank clearlyindicated in Figure 3 is folded on the center line 19 as previouslystated and the edges 12 are stitched together as are the curved edgeportions at the end from which the V-shaped section has been removed.The flap 15 is folded to the dotted line position and connected to theedge 17 as previously stated. The lapel flap 22 is folded on the sameline 19 as indicated in Figure 3 and has its outer end 22 stitched tothe corresponding end 13 of the portion 13 to form a pocket clearlyindicated in Figure 2. lVith attachment of the fastening members thelapel is ready for use.

In Figure 5 I illustrate a lapel embodying the same elements as the onejust described, the difference being that in this modification a singleWidth or thickness of material is used. The edge 30 is turned inwardlyand connected to the body portion by means of tape 81; one portion ofthe inturned edge being of materially greater Width than the remainderto form a lapel flap 32 which functions in the same manner as the flapin the preferred form. Fasteners are arranged in substantially the samemanner as previously stated.

l\Ianifest-ly certain minor changes in the details of construction maybe resorted to and such of these changes as may fall Within the scope ofthe appended claims, I con ,sider Within the spirit of my invention.

I claim:

1. An interchangeable facing for coat lapels comprising, an elongatedpiece of mate rial folded upon itself along a central longitudinal lineto form an inner and outer portion, the inner and outer portions havingtheir free longitudinal edges stitched together, fastening devicesarranged along the longitudinal edges, the inner portion having arelatively short longitudinal opening at one end to permit insertion ofa coat lapel.

2. An interchangeable facing for coat lapels comprising, an elongatedpiece of material foldcd upon itself along a central longitudinal lineto form an inner and outer portion, the inner and outer portions havingtheir free longitudinal edges stitched together, one portion being ofgreater length than the other to provide an integral longitudinal flap,said inner and outer portions being fold-able and stitched together attheir free longitudinal edges, said flap being folded. to have its freeend secured to the adjacent end of the short portion, a second flapfold-able and coactive with the first flap to form a pocketto receive acoat lapel, and fasteners carried by the lapel.

3. An interchangeable facing for coatlapels formed from a single pieceof material folded along a central longitudinal line to form inner andouter-portions, said material having a substantially V-shaped notchextending longitudinally into one end, a longitudinally extending flapintegrally formed at the opposite end of one portion, the other portionbeing relatively short, said portions being foldable together and havingtheir longitudinal edges stitched together, said flap being foldable andhaving its free end secured to the adjacent end of the relatively shortportion, a second flap foldable transversely to co-act With the firstflap toform a longitudinal pocket to receive a coat lapel, and fasteningdevices arranged about the edges of the lapel. v i

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature.

JAKE STERN.

